Elm tree id

[astra25]

A local elm tree just up the road from me but unsure which elm it is? I think wych elm? I can take more pictures etc if needed. Thankyou.

[se7enthdevil]

i'd say wych elm too.

[astra25]

On 03/06/2019 at 00:32, se7enthdevil said:

i'd say wych elm too.

Thankyou. Iv planted some seeds from it and the starting to grow. ?

[Paul Cleaver]

1 hour ago, astra25 said:

Thankyou. Iv planted some seeds from it and the starting to grow. ?

great stuff - nice to see a healthy  larger Elm. Do you have DED where you are or do you live in an isolated area

[astra25]

1 hour ago, Paul Cleaver said:

great stuff - nice to see a healthy  larger Elm. Do you have DED where you are or do you live in an isolated area

No don't live in a isolated area I'm at chesterfield I'm guessing the tree was young when the main DED affected the uk, but I don't know.

[Paul Cleaver]

9 hours ago, astra25 said:

Thankyou. Iv planted some seeds from it and the starting to grow. ?

What is the stem diameter

[astra25]

3 hours ago, Paul Cleaver said:

What is the stem diameter

Not sure I'll have to measure but at a guess about 28-30" diamiter at about 3ft up from ground.

[Paul Cleaver]

11 hours ago, astra25 said:

Not sure I'll have to measure but at a guess about 28-30" diamiter at about 3ft up from ground.

It is certainly well mature enough for the dutch elm scolytus  beetle to breed  and infect the tree . It could be immune or just lucky so far it hasn't bee infected, It would be better propagating from cuttings than seed I think as genetically it would be identical to the parent tree. Also see this interesting link   https://conservationfoundation.co.uk/projects/the-great-british-elm-experiment/

[jmx]

1 hour ago, Paul Cleaver said:

Also see this interesting link   https://conservationfoundation.co.uk/projects/the-great-british-elm-experiment/

More reading :

http://www.resistantelms.co.uk/
http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk/downloads/Disease resistant elm cultivars BC trials 8th report 2019.pdf

[astra25]

2 hours ago, Paul Cleaver said:

It is certainly well mature enough for the dutch elm scolytus  beetle to breed  and infect the tree . It could be immune or just lucky so far it hasn't bee infected, It would be better propagating from cuttings than seed I think as genetically it would be identical to the parent tree. Also see this interesting link   https://conservationfoundation.co.uk/projects/the-great-british-elm-experiment/

Yeah I know what you mean I have also tryed growing cuttings from a ulmus procera tree to clone that which is also local to me only a young tree which originally came from this website which they have now sold out. Iv tryed cuttings 3 separate times with no look they start to grow leaves and look like there doing well then die off and there are no roots started when I look at them. I contacted the site and all the trees they have sold didn't come from cuttings they were grew in a lab which is called tissue culture.

 

Here's the site

https://kingco.co.uk/trees/elm-trees-ulmus-species